The Bygone Bureau

With tension between the U.S. and the Middle East taut and strained, Darryl Campbell confronts America’s battered reputation in Kuwait.

Tim Lehman speaks to A.V. Club writer Nathan Rabin about his new memoir, The Big Rewind. Topics discussed include Rabin’s short-lived TV career, Orthodox Jewish summer camp, and the Family Guy effect.

Josh Fischel profiles the country’s only high school ski jumping league.